Machine for steaming cloth.



No. 810,271. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906. G. B. GERLAGH.

MAOHINE FOR STEAMING CLOTH.

APPLICATION FILED APR: 5, 1905.

ered by a curved sheet-metal plate f.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV BERNHARD GERLAOH, OF cRIMMITZscHAU, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO KETTLING & BRAUN, or CRIM- MITZSCHAU, SAXONY, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR STEAMING CLOTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed April 5, 1905. Serial No. 254,068.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv BERNHARD GER- LACH, a subject of the GermanEmperor, residing at Crimmitzschau, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for SteamingCloth, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The present invention relates to machines for steaming cloth, and hasfor its object to do away with the inconveniences produced by thecondensed water. It is well known that if this water is not readilyremoved the cloth is stained and loses much of its value.

In order to do away with the condensed water, the invention consistsprincipally in a scraper which removes from the inner surface of theperforated steaming-cylinder the small particles of condensed water andconveys them through a spout to the outside of the frame of the machine.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a longitudinal section of the cylinder of my cloth-steamingmachine. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line a: w of Fig. 1. Fig.3showsacross-section through the cylinder of a modified construction.

The steaming-cylinder a, made of perforated sheet metal or ofwire-gauze, is secured in head-rings t, which can freely and easily re:

volve in ball-races or caps 0, secured on the frame of the machine.Rotation can be imparted to the cylinder aby belts or any otherconvenient known means, or the rims of the head-rings may be cut so asto present gearwheels, to be moved by suitable pinions. Be-

tween'the stationary ball-races c and within the mantle of theperforated cylinder at a spout d is secured, the bottom of which isinclined, slightly lowering from the middle toward both side frames ofthe machine, as shown in Fig. 1. The spout dserves for taking up thesteam-pipe e, which is partly cov- To one edge of the spout d a curvedsheet-metal plate g, preferably of a resilient nature, is secured,carrying at the upper edge a scraper it, which is slightly pressedagainst the inside of mantle of cylinder a.

i represents pipes serving to convey the condensed water collecting onthe bottom of spout (Z.

In using this steaming-cylinder the cloth is wound around the same inthe ordinary manner and steam is admitted through the steampipe 6,provided below with small holes. The steam fills the interior of thecylinder, acts on the cloth, and gradually condenses on the inner wallsin the form of small water-bubbles, which are wiped ofi" by the scraper7t and drop as water on the latter, as well as on plate 9, downward intothe spout d, which conveys it on its inclined bottom toward both ends.Finally the water flows off through pipesvl on both ends.

Without departing from the nature of the invention, theelastically-supported scraper 71 on the inner surface may be substitutedby a plurality of slats 76, as indicated in Fig. 3, and extendinglongitudinally through said cylinder and being secured to its innersurface, so that the Water of condensation forming at the lower parts isconstantly lifted, while the cylinder revolves and drops into the spoutcl.

Having thus described 'my invention, what I claim is 1. In a machine forsteaming cloth a perforated cylinder in combination with a scraperadapted to remove from its inner surface the particles of the condensingwater substantially as described.

2. In a machine for steaming cloth a perforated cylinder with end ringsrevolving in stationary caps with ball-races in combination with aresilient scraper adapted to remove from its inner surface the particlesof the condensing water substantially as described.

3. In a machine for steaming cloth a perforated cylinder in combinationwith a stationary scoop longitudinally extending through the cylinder,provided with a bottom inclined from the middle toward both ends, and.carrying a resilient scraper adapted to remove from the inner surface ofthe cylinder the particles of the condensing water, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

F. STEPHAN, G. SOHNABEL.

